S21H Android 4.1 mini PC features 2GB of RAM

It’s been less than a year since the Android TV sticks/mini computers hit the streets with 512MB of memory and ARM Cortex-A8 processors. Now you can pick up a model with a dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 processor and 2GB of RAM for about $70.

It sells for about $70 on AliExpress (and if you use the coupon code “mainagame5″ you can knock $5 off that price).

The S21H features 802.11b/g/n WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity, a microSD card slot for extra storage, and a full-sized USB 2.0 port that you can use to connect a mouse, keyboard, or other peripherals.

There’s an HDMI connector on one end, which you can use to plug the stick directly into a TV or monitor so that you can run Android apps on a big screen. The device ships with Google Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean.

of course, I finally bought one after tons of research (mk808B) and a version with 2gb ram hits the streets for about $10 more.

buzz86us

I am in the same boat as you just bought an MK809 for $48

Vladimir Bjelakovic

what are ur imprssions about MK809 or MK808? 10q

http://twitter.com/Jason13L Jason Lassourreille

I have a 22″ touch screen monitor at home. I was thinking of getting one of these and plugging the USB cord from the monitor into it. Do you think it will natively support touch on the monitor? Does this support Google Play or would I have to side-load it?

strider_mt2k

I’ve read about people trying to do that with other Android stick computers and it seems to come down to driver issues.
Your mileage may vary of course, but I encourage you to share your findings somewhere online regardless to help forward the concept, as it’s not farfetched at all to want this functionality.

http://soltesza.wordpress.com/ sola

Nice but I think I will wait until a 2GB variant appears for an i.MX6 stick.

That is twice the processing power, fully Linux compatible and comes hw accelerated GStreamer codecs (heck, I wouldn’t dare dreaming about this with a Rockchip SOC).

monoreviews

Is there any work being done on porting these to i.mx6 android stick GK802? HW accelerated linux + video codecs sounds too good to be true.

Philip Jessup

There is the allwinner A31 cortex-7 processor that would do the job too. I think i’d prefer a little board instead of stick with a proper ethernet, etc.

ARXD

yet, another 70$ HDMI Android stick, with the same Rockchip RK3066 processor, dual core bla bla bla… and no real review on real life performance…

WHAT WE REALLY WANT IS UBUNTU HDMI STICK QUAD CORE, I will even pay $150-200 if it works flawlessly!!!

monoreviews

At $150 -$200 these devices lose its appeal. For this price range you can get X86 compatible device that can run everything, in bigger size of course.

SeanKPS

Get an odroid U2, it has a quad core 1.7ghz and 2gb of ram on a popular Samsung SoC with native android and Ubuntu builds for $89. You’re welcome

NineJa

That sounds really great. I wonder why Chinese odms don’t pick this proc/soc up in bulk and slap a case onto it? Is odroid some sort of Samsung subsidiary?

Raymond Day

2GB of RAM I guess they ran out of there 1GB sets because RAM don’t cost a lot and 2GB is the Limit of this ARM CPU. That grate they put that much RAM in. I am sure it will speed it up even faster. Soon they will come out with a 4 core at 2GHz speed. I guess that will have 2GB of RAM as well.
-Raymond Day

nards barley

Odd this little device has 2 gig ram but few Android tablets do, if any.

strider_mt2k

Because it is essentially a gimmick to bolster sales.
I don’t think you’d see much of a performance difference to be honest.

http://soltesza.wordpress.com/ sola

It may be a gimmick in case of Android, but it is a real boon if you get a desktop Linux run on it.

That said, there are memory heavy programs even on Android which may profit from this. E.g. torrent clients (which are a natural part of a media center stick like this)

strider_mt2k

Point taken!

zlop

Use it as a smart repeater/router — Anyone knows how ?
(I want to hook it up to a 1 watt usb cantenna)

strider_mt2k

How is the WiFi performance?

The one thing these Android sticks seem to have in common is miserable wireless performance, which is a joke since the whole thing hinges on it.